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Credit Crunch Humour

October 22nd, 2008 ·

With apologies to bankers and hedge fund managers, here are some very funny jokes doing the email rounds these days:

  1. Q: What is the one thing Wall St and the Olympics have in common?
    A: Synchronised diving.
  2. I went to buy a toaster and it came with a bank.
  3. Overheard in a City bar: ‘This credit crunch is worse than a divorce. I’ve lost half my net worth and I still have a wife.’
  4. What’s the capital of Iceland?
    About $3.50.
  5. Q: What is the difference between an investment banker and a pigeon?
    A: A pigeon can still make a deposit on a BMW.
  6. A British “banker” explains the subprime credit crisis in this brilliant YouTube video.
  7. Leave it to a comic strip to explain a bank bailout.
  8. Q: What is the difference between an investment banker and a large pizza?
    A: The pizza can still feed a family of four.

Thanks to Maclean’s magazine, Globe and Mail, BBC and Daily Mail UK.

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  • 1 Credit Crunch Humour // Oct 23, 2008 at 12:34 am

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  • 2 WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com // Oct 23, 2008 at 12:41 am

    Q: What’s the definition of optimism?
    A: An investment banker who irons 5 shirts on a Sunday night.

    “I tried to make a withdrawal from an ATM and the machine said ‘Insufficient Funds’. I wasn’t sure if it meant for me or the bank.”

    “I lent my friend $20 last week and according to the market I qualify as the country’s 4th largest lender.”

    Broker to Client: “I’ve got good news - you’ll be paying 40% less in fees for the foreseeable future!”

  • 3 Four Pillars // Oct 23, 2008 at 7:03 am

    Good stuff! Someone told me the Iceland joke yesterday but I didn’t get it - now that I see it in print I finally got it!

    (yes, I’m a little slow sometimes) :)

  • 4 abe // Oct 23, 2008 at 7:31 am

    I read this yesterday,

    “why are Leeman executives spending more time in church these days?

    The “cash” donation box.”

  • 5 Dividend Growth Investor // Oct 23, 2008 at 9:02 am

    I wrote a check for $100 to my friend but he never got it; the check was good, the bank bounced.

    The crisis is so bad Bank Atm’s now have slot machines.

    I went to my bank and they wanted their toaster back.

    Watch Jay Leno, weekdays at 11:30 ET. He has several economic crisis jokes per show :-)

  • 6 Deja vu all over again? - FP Magazine Daily // Oct 23, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    [...] The good news here is that, within a few weeks of this article's publication, the markets turned, and Canadian iinvestors were treated to one of the longest bull runs in the history of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The bad? "The Mood on Main Street" was published more than two years after the tech meltdown started winding its way through the markets. We're only a few months into today's downward spiral. If history's repeating itself, we still have a long wait until we start seeing upsidesIn the meantime, you may as well try to enjoy a few laughs here and here. [...]

  • 7 Canadian Capitalist // Oct 23, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    Some funny financial bail out ideas:

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Top-Ten-Alternate-Financical-Bail-Out-Ideas

    thanks to:
    http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpmagazinedaily/archive/2008/10/23/deja-vu-all-over-again.aspx

  • 8 Shank // Oct 23, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    what do you call a banker without a girlfriend?

    homeless.

  • 9 Big Cajun Man // Oct 25, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    I guess we better laugh, because we sure as shooting will end up crying otherwise

  • 10 JonKepler.com - Blog // Oct 26, 2008 at 6:27 pm

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  • 11 Shadox // Oct 26, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    Good deal, dude. Made me laugh!

  • 12 No News is Good News Weekly Roundup | No More Bad Debt // Oct 29, 2008 at 3:13 pm

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  • 13 No News is Good News Weekly Roundup | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning // Dec 26, 2008 at 1:26 am

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